Bert Hunter vs. Cecil Upshaw — Career Comparison

Bert Hunter
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Cecil Upshaw
Silent GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Hunter built a career as a starting pitcher and Cecil Upshaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cecil Upshaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 3.98 and 1.368 for Bert Hunter. By the career numbers, Cecil Upshaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Hunter and Cecil Upshaw

Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.44
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.03
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.69
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.54
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.35
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.58
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.71
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.37
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
3.98
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.13
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1710
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1689
27
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
9
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
596
9.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
8.71
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.71
8.71
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.59
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
2.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.83
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.8
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
5.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
5.16
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.937
0.937
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.888
0.888
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.29
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.32
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2449
38.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2362
37.76
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.68
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
4.72
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.52
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.09
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.34
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.11
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.34
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2181
34.44
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2137
34.16
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.76
37.76

Fielding Stats for Bert Hunter and Cecil Upshaw

Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.43
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.56
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.01
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1791
27
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1690
27
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597
9
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
563.1
9
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.45
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.44
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.63
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.85
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.24
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.76
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
2.08
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.83
96.83
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.926
1.926
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.53
70.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Hunter and Cecil Upshaw

Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
100
229.89
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
2269.57
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
261
600
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
92
600
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
236
542.53
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
75
489.13
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.554
0.554
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
110.34
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
12
78.26
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
85.06
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
11
71.74
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.09
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.6
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.52
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
25.29
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
38.74
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
20.14
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
149.43
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
140.23
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
15
97.83
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
55.17
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
55.17
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
105.75
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
32.61
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.01
41.4
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2.36
15.41
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.3
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
27.59
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
3
19.57
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
23
150
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
27.59
Cecil Upshaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
91.3
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.52
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
Cecil Upshaw
Career
Per 600 PA